Portable crate having sliding pivoted closure



9 R. R. WILLIS ET AL 2,478,883

PORTABLE CRATE HAVING SLIDING PIVOTED CLOSURE .Filed June 1, 1948 Z8) l4 7 /3 1 /6- j IN V EN TOR. ,7 1 RALPH R. WILL/5 w L9U/5 L. BAYERs I ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 9, 1949 g 3 3,478,833 f eo it'rABLEc tA'rE HAVINGEIJDING V RIVo'rED QL'QSURE Ralph awms and- LouisL. Bayers,

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Application June 1, 1948, Serial 1:10. 30,428

3 Claims. (31;220538) I This invention relates to portable crates and more particularly to means for shipping small domestic animals.

Among the objects of the invention is the provision of means for safely and comfortably expressing show animals such as dogs, cats, birds and the like.

Another object is to protect the animal from' within the spirit of the invention as defined in the claims following the description.

In the one sheet of drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an animal shipping.

crate having a portion of the side wall and supporting frame broken away in vertical section, on the line II, Fig. 2, and constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, with a portion of the front wall broken away in vertical section.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail in vertical section on the line IIIIII, Fig. 2, of the gate pivot assembly.

In detail the structure shown in Fig. 1, comprises the rectangular floor frame I, preferably composed of aluminum angle bars surrounding the floor plate 2, attached to the under flanges of the surrounding frame I.

The superstructure comprises the tubular front arch 3, and a similar rear arch, not shown. These front and rear arches are connected by the ridge pole 4 having its ends fitted to and secured .to these arches, respectively. The upright portions such as 5, 6, of the arches have their lower ends secured to the floor frame at the four corners of the floor portion. The superstructure has a girt frame with the side bars such as I, 8, having their ends fitted and secured to the uprights such as 5, 6. These side bars I, 8, are stabilized by side braces such as 9, preferably of channel or angle bars having their ends fixed to the floor frame as at I6, and their center portions secured to the girt bars as at II.

Referring to Fig. 2, the gate frame comprises the tubular pivot tube I2, with its ends fixed to the uprights 5, 6, respectively, and formingthe top of the gateway frame, having the channel side posts I3, I4, secured to the floor frame at the bottom and to the underside of the pivot tube I2 at the top, respectively. These posts have the notches I5. I6 in their front flanges.

The gate comprises the bottom cross bar I'I having the ends of the grille bars I8, I9 fixed therein and extending vertically through the slots 29, 2| in the transverse pivot tube I2, and are joined across their top ends by the bar 22. The cross bar I? slides freely in the channels of the side posts I3, I4, and the grill bars slide freely and swing backward and forward within the slots 20, 2I in thepivot tube I2. The cross bar I! may be withdrawn from the channel posts through the notches I5, I6. This permits the full opening of the gateway, by swinging the gate assembly outwardly at the front and inwardly at an angle above the pivot tube I2, as in Figs.

1 and 3.

as a stop to prevent the lifting of the cross bar I'l' above that point, when this bar is within the channels of the side posts I3, I4. The inturned sheathing at 21, reinforces the pivot tube I2. The handle 39 is attached to the top of the superstructure.

Theinvention operates substantially as follows: With the cross bar H in .the position shown in Figure 1, the occupant animal walks into the crate. The cross bar I1 is then pulled outwardly and downwardly and entered through the notches I5, I6, the bars I8, I9, sliding through the tube I2. This closes the gateway. v

When the cross bar I! is slid upward within the channel sides I3, I4 it is stopped by the stops 28, 29, which prevents the egress of the occupant, while a food or water container is being introduced into the crate. The gateway is opened by lifting the cross bar I'I upward and outward through the notches I5, I6, and swinging it into the position shown in Fig. 1.

Having fully described this invention and its mode of operation what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A portable crate comprising an enclosed body with a gateway therethrough; posts defining the sides of said gateway and having longitudinal guide channels with front notches therein; stops on said posts above said notches; a pivot tube extending across the top of said'gateway above said sideposts; and a gate having a cross bar guided in said channels and having grille bars thereon pivotally slidable in slots in said pivot tube. 1

2. A portable crate comprising an enclosed body with a gateway therethrough; posts defining the sides of said gateway and having longitudinal guide channels with front notches therein; a pivot tube extending across the top of said gateway above said posts; a gate having a cross bar guided in said channels and having grille bars thereon pivotally slidable in slots in said pivot tube; and a sheathing plate covering the front end of said body and having a portion bent around said posts and forming stops for said cross bar above said notches.

3. A portable crate having a floor with a tubular frame forming a superstructure above said floor and having posts defining the sides of a gateway 15 RALPH R. WILLIS. LOUIS L. BAYERS.

No references cited. 

